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Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:43:02 -0800
From: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@...cle.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com,
        Demi Marie Obenour <demi@...isiblethingslab.com>
Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@...il.com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat
 correctly

On 12/28/22 08:47, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> A binary format would be even better.  No risk of ambiguity.

That is how the Solaris (and now illumos) /proc has always worked - fewer
parsing problems, but you need to use tools to handle the contents, not
just cat/less/etc.

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E88353_01/html/E37852/proc-5.html

-- 
         -Alan Coopersmith-                 alan.coopersmith@...cle.com
          Oracle Solaris Engineering - https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris

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